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| Character | Frank Wheeler?April Wheeler??? | |
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| Scene type / Who are | Married, Having an argument, Scolding somebody | |
| Type | Dramatic | |
| Year | 2008 | |
| Period | Contemporary | |
| Genre | Romance, Drama | |
| Description | Frank Wheeler confronts his wife April about her pointless dream to become an actress | |
| Location | 5 minutes into the movie | |
Summary
Frank Wheeler (Leonardo DiCaprio) and April Wheeler (Kate Winslet) are a young couple with two kids living in Connecticut in the 50s. Frank has a dull office job that he hates and April wants to become an actress but she is abandoning her dream. Trying to find a way out of their frustrations, they decide to leave everything behind and move to Paris. After Frank gets offered a promotion and April gets pregnant, their decision to leave becomes harder and harder...
This scene takes place at the beginning to the film. April has just performed in a play that turned out to be a disaster. She is frustrated and Frank tries to calm her. When April gets angry, the argument escalates into a raging argument about April's childish dream of becoming an actress...
This scene takes place at the beginning to the film. April has just performed in a play that turned out to be a disaster. She is frustrated and Frank tries to calm her. When April gets angry, the argument escalates into a raging argument about April's childish dream of becoming an actress...
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| INT. CAR-NIGHT FRANK: "I mean it baby, you were the only person in that play." APRIL: "Thank you." FRANK: "We shouldn't have let you get mixed up in the damned thing, is all." APRIL: "All right." FRANK: "What a bunch of amateurs. I mean you've studied, for Christ's sake." APRIL: "Could we stop talking about it now?" FRANK: "Sure. I just don't want you feeling bad about it, that's all. Because it's not worth it, you know. It's bad enough having to live out here amongst these people...." APRIL: "Yes." FRANK: "What did you say?" APRIL: "I said yes. All right, Frank. Could you just stop talking about it now before you drive me crazy, please?" .......continued..... |
